She called me a “roach”. It was after a pretty heated argument. Intellectually I knew she was jealous, I knew she was just upset because I had gotten the promotion and she didn’t. Still I was fuming. Angry. Wanting revenge.

A roach? Did Kafka himself make his way into my life in an unprecedented move. Was I dreaming?

Because seriously, who calls someone THAT? Aren’t we a bit more sophisticated already?

But I am silly sometimes, and after I heard the rather strange insult, oh boy!

I was swimming in a pool of anger, hatred and black, muddy waters, filled with excrement.

She called me a “roach”. It was after a pretty heated argument. Intellectually I knew she was jealous, I knew she was just upset because I had gotten the promotion and she didn’t. Still I was fuming. Angry. Wanting revenge.

A roach? Did Kafka himself make his way into my life in an unprecedented move. Was I dreaming?

Because seriously, who calls someone THAT? Aren’t we a bit more sophisticated already?

But I am silly sometimes, and after I heard the rather strange insult, oh boy!

I was swimming in a pool of anger, hatred and black, muddy waters, filled with excrement.

You know that episode where you introduce your guest and you do it all wrong? And then he has to stop you -very politely- to make corrections? Well, this is one of those episodes…If you cannot see the big photo with the play button you can listen by clicking here. Or listen in I-tunes – [Also: please forgive the quality of the Skype audio that gave us a little echo here and there… Bali-NYC/Skype connections can be iffy sometimes]

But the good thing is that Matthew Sweeney is a really cool guy, he was not disappointed and he wanted to correct things because he has two partners on the beautiful yoga place they share in Ubud, in paradise Bali, and so he told me.

You know that episode where you introduce your guest and you do it all wrong? And then he has to stop you -very politely- to make corrections? Well, this is one of those episodes…If you cannot see the big photo with the play button you can listen by clicking here. Or listen in I-tunes – [Also: please forgive the quality of the Skype audio that gave us a little echo here and there… Bali-NYC/Skype connections can be iffy sometimes]

But the good thing is that Matthew Sweeney is a really cool guy, he was not disappointed and he wanted to correct things because he has two partners on the beautiful yoga place they share in Ubud, in paradise Bali, and so he told me.

We are at a point in history where we have to stop pretending we are not brilliant beings.

We, as women, need to become idea machines, pronto.

The power that comes through it is a gift we owe to the world.

We have to own our talent and admit that we have something to bring to the table.

We are in a magnificent position to affect change in the world in a feminine way. There is no winning in playing small anymore.

I said that recently at Fei’s podcast, And… Of course….In true “Idea Machine style”… that conversation invited me to elaborate and come up with ten/eleven reasons why it is so important for women (and men, of course) but specifically, in this case, for women, to become idea machines.

We are at a point in history where we have to stop pretending we are not brilliant beings.

We, as women, need to become idea machines, pronto.

The power that comes through it is a gift we owe to the world.

We have to own our talent and admit that we have something to bring to the table.

We are in a magnificent position to affect change in the world in a feminine way. There is no winning in playing small anymore.

I said that recently at Fei’s podcast, And… Of course….In true “Idea Machine style”… that conversation invited me to elaborate and come up with ten/eleven reasons why it is so important for women (and men, of course) but specifically, in this case, for women, to become idea machines.

The effects of this exercise are incredibly far reaching, for example it is said it pierces through the three major obstacles to our full expression, (granthis) and cures all diseases by lessening/reducing the effects of the three imbalances we might have (or doshas ((vitta pitta and kapha)).

The effects of this exercise are incredibly far reaching, for example it is said it pierces through the three major obstacles to our full expression, (granthis) and cures all diseases by lessening/reducing the effects of the three imbalances we might have (or doshas ((vitta pitta and kapha)).

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Today we look at the exercise which DEFINES pranayama. Heck I would go further to say it is pranayama. Nadhi Shodhana is the alternate nostril breathing exercise done with retentions in between nostrils. It is the exercise that purifies the nervous system and no matter how many books you look at, and study with, you will see, it all comes down to this and only this one, again and again.

Why? Because this exercise has the power to clear the nervous system AND the subtle nervous system, the one we don’t see with the naked eye, and the one that doctors do not catalogue, the one that works underneath it all and that only yogis can sense, or so we would like to think.

Today we look at the exercise which DEFINES pranayama. Heck I would go further to say it is pranayama. Nadhi Shodhana is the alternate nostril breathing exercise done with retentions in between nostrils. It is the exercise that purifies the nervous system and no matter how many books you look at, and study with, you will see, it all comes down to this and only this one, again and again.

Why? Because this exercise has the power to clear the nervous system AND the subtle nervous system, the one we don’t see with the naked eye, and the one that doctors do not catalogue, the one that works underneath it all and that only yogis can sense, or so we would like to think.

]]>http://www.claudiayoga.com/2013/01/how-not-to-be-an-idiot-in-pranayama-purifying-the-nervous-system/feed/3The Only 7 Minutes Of Yoga You Need To Live Longerhttp://www.claudiayoga.com/2013/01/the-only-7-minutes-of-yoga-you-need-to-live-longer/
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Last November (2012), At the Michael Ellsberg conference in New York City, I was asked to deliver a short yoga practice that would help entrepreneurs/artists/creative people or anyone really who needs a little brake during the day, to regain focus and come back to center. Michael is the author of the book The Education of Millionaires, and his conference was called the “Blow Your Mind” Conference, what better opportunity to start thinking about the length of our lives in terms of breaths rather than years? That blew my own mind when I first realized that yogis put that much eemphasis on the breath.… Read the rest

Last November (2012), At the Michael Ellsberg conference in New York City, I was asked to deliver a short yoga practice that would help entrepreneurs/artists/creative people or anyone really who needs a little brake during the day, to regain focus and come back to center. Michael is the author of the book The Education of Millionaires, and his conference was called the “Blow Your Mind” Conference, what better opportunity to start thinking about the length of our lives in terms of breaths rather than years? That blew my own mind when I first realized that yogis put that much eemphasis on the breath.… Read the rest